@Karl Juice how old are you?

Every kid remembers his first 100mph run like it's a rite of passage. Mine was in a series 1 E-Type coupe Jag on the M6 coming back from a motor show at the NEC in Birmingham back in the late 80's. The old man had borrowed the car from his boss (they worked in the classic car restoration business and had a stand there) and was telling me all about how it could hit 150mph back in the day. Like any over eager kid, I was egging him on to make the old girl do it, but fully aware that my mum in the passenger seat would scream blue murder, he kept giving the sensible 'no son, it's illegal' answer...whilst ever so slowly building up the speed. The beauty of that E-Type was that the engine was so smooth and so unlaboured that when my old man fixed his eyes on me in the rear view mirror and gave me a subtle, knowing nod towards the speedo, my mum with her head stuck in a copy of some typical mum magazine never had any idea that we were bombing along nudging 110mph and climbing. Then we hit Stoke and with Stoke comes traffic. I know we were tickling 120mph by then, but from there on in until the rest of the way home, it was usual motorway speeds, But for a good few miles prior to that we were travelling at well over the ton, splashing everything in sight for at least a couple of junctions. To me, in terms of ambition, popping my ton cherry in an E-Type was up there with snogging the fittest girl in school at the leavers party in later years. Sadly, only one of those ambitions was ever achieved. The other failed miserably and embarrassingly.

Heheh my old man had a red one. Two actually. Both were stolen, the second one was recovered.

Had exact same car .

I agree the Ford CVH unit wasn’t great

Massive Ford fan here. Had an XR2i that I loved and had a lot of mates with CVH turbo cars but got to agree, that engine was as rough as Camilla Parker Bowles after a night on the tiles with Charles 😆

@@craivold it still felt like a massive upgrade coming from those Kent pushrod units haha

Might be rough but my xr3i has been reliable and coming over 200k on its original mfi engine from 1987. Can’t say I’ve seen a gte with near the millage

The motor was a dog in the RS but nothing epitomised the 90’s car scene more than a CVH turbo with a 3in exhaust and the boost wound up. Glorious sound from the rear. The Astras Redtop was ahead of its time and a legend in its own right…

And the vaxhall Nova sri

Peugeot 1.9 gti

damp track and tyres?

Hahha i love the same comment on other video hahah

@Jambo lift off and bury the throttle used to sort that out on mine 🙂

We have astras in Australia terrible cars. Those RS escorts looks so good

like wise, while ellesmere port were building nearly all of the uk astras from sheet metal, every one of the 16v gte were uk specific models built in bochum west germany and imported

My mate did that with his and it kept the rear end in, along with strut braces front and rear as the astra chassis wasn't quite as firm, that and a set of 205s on the axles and it was a different animal.

Yep.

Back in the early 80s a good set of fishnet recaros were v much desired by boy racers for mk2 Escorts

beautiful to look at too. the seats and everything else about it, except the steering wheel.

Vauxhall heritage centre looking after the gte well

Such a nerd thing to do Freddie Boi, and we appreciate it very much, cheers.

@@jlc5639 That’s me in a nutshell, no problem :)

Best thing to do when your bored: check reg’s up 😂

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 You got it! 😄

SabreLilly which one?

yeah, Tiff is a world class driver, no arguments there.

Like an old bloke in an angry dad's work hack- No . You really do not want your wish to come true

You can, but you might crash

The Astra was a complete animal compared to the RS

I'm surprised I'm still alive after owning my one!

What? The mk 2 astra had a 24hr rear wheel arch corrosion warranty that started the day before you picked it up lol,they rusted for fun.

@@deanj846 true...majority of Vauxhalls from that era were kak....and dont get me started on the Cavalier 🤢🤢🤢 lol.

All cars were shite for rust back then. Only Peugeot were galvanising.

@@ReValveiT_01 I dunno about that...the only car we owned that rusted was a Cavalier...not even the Alegro we had, suffered from that...infact the opposite, when it rained pools of water would form in the rear passenger footwell lol 🤷‍♂️

@@ReValveiT_01 Ford did offer a gypsum anti rust paint as an extra in 1983 & 84 that I know of - my Dad took this option on his granny (Granada) (he had 4 at one time 2 of them were X pack models, but this one wasn't), it was a bright red 2.3ltr ghia - that thing we had for about 10 years, when we finally sold it, it was one of the only versions that did not have the rust bubbles around the keyholes and under the rubber seals etc...... they guy that bought it did not even try to drag us down on the price (as we had a couple of interests lined up afterwards), he literally loved the car straight away I wished we kept it - would have been worth a fortune now, more people should have taken Ford up on the offer back then, the cars would be in better condition for today! but yeah every car prior to the nineties were rust buckets in general, most in the nineties too....

Mk1 GTE was quicker than Mk2 as standard.

The lotus Carlton was and still is a very special car! All individually numbered inside the glovebox lid.

Lol...utter rubbish...the escort is over a second slower 0-60...fact!

@@djdeejdjay8669 That was my youth, why you we used to race about in standard cars?

@@djdeejdjay8669 - Escort may have been quicker from say 0-40 mph though?

​@@djdeejdjay8669 not with turbosystems 2 stage boost control and bigger intercooler bye bye

@@6bigears135turbo the 20xe bye bye

They had character mate. Todays cars are sterile.

I tried on of those some years ago, it was a hoot to drive!

had a silver one in 1994 she did 90 mph in third

Ive been in both. RS Turbo is shite. I had an old Prelude non turbo which beat that. 133bhp is crap for a turbo.

@Joshua Francis lol RS turbo is 133bhp idiot. Prelude 160bhp. 133? My rubber duck in bath is more than that. Facts are facts though....rs turbo are wank Was u there? No, nowere evem close. Fookin Rs fanboy.. He will still think 133bhp would beat 160bhp? Hahahahabababa. Stick to Playstation.

@Joshua Francis I've got a Astra Bertone with the Z18XE running around 145bhp with modifications, the slowest engine fitted to a Bertone and performance figures match a stock RS Turbo.

@Joshua Francis It's not a powerful car by no means but my car standard is only 10bhp less than the RS Turbo 👍🏻 still love the RS Turbo 😁

I had a 16vGTE 1990 model in 1993, fantastic cars, no idea where Tiff says 148BHP, the 16v GTE was just on 160BHP. Escort RS was a good car undoubtedly driven many, but the GTE 16v for me, far far better tech and engine. Saying that, era I had my Astra the Japanese nuts were coming through with the GT4 Celica and the Mk4 Supra Turbo, COMPLETELY different animals but out my price league that era.

Add the 205 1.9 GTI 🤪

Add the crx vtec

Hatch backs only. take out the M3.

@@todareistodo908 1.6 was better

Interesting Fact. When the newer model of each hatchback came out, The Peugeot 206 GTi was the only one faster than it's previous model. To the guys that love Mk2 Golf GTi's (me included), Try the 206 GTi, Same weight more or less, Similar power, both 64% front weight dist.

Its still a car owned by a company, so I dont think he would feel that guilty

you wanted the F28 mate over 150

Mine was good for over 140mph. Nearly got pinched for it too, very lucky for me that another car pulled into the fast lane ahead of me and I had to back off. Just before a speed trap on the M1 near Leeds. Copper said I averaged 92mph through the speed trap and was on the brakes all the way through. Loved that car!

@@leftmono1016 I take it that was 16vrs? me and my mate had the 1.8 and were the rare 4 doors...we would both race each other around Bristol and the surrounding areas and would get reported to the police on a regular basis, back then most of the coppers had Peugeot diesel and by the time they warmed their heater plugs up we’d be a mile down the road lol When they did finally catch up when we were normally parked up they would tell us about all the complains and just give us a producer and give us a bollocking, they’d probably shoot you nowadays!

@@PillSharks - funny you mention Peugeots, I went from a 306 D Turbo company car to the 2.0l 16v GTE. Quite a step up in performance! Loved the LCD display, and the red top engine was pretty much bullet proof.

@@leftmono1016 I’ve still got the original 1.8 engine in my garage from the car I had, the cars itself is long gone after the lad I sold it to decided to have a go at dukes of hazard and took it off a local railway bridge at over 70mph, luckily they all survived but he had some bad face injuries I remember! The LCD dash was fun as you could change it to kilometres which made you look like you were doing 180mph to anyone in the car who didn’t know! Lol. The good old days

I think you mean the MK2 golf..? The MK3 was a bag of shite with the worst clutch ever!

Had a mk3 gte and it was head and shoulders above any mk3 ecsort

Think the escorts were 25bhp down on the 16v astra so wouldnt be surprised. Thats a huge difference back in the day.

Astra had a racing engine....cheating???😂

Agreed. My Dad had an Orion Ghia with the CVH and it was nothing but trouble engine-wise. Shame, as the rest of the car was pretty sound at the time

I had a G reg red top in Monaco Blue before the Ecotech came on the H. Amazing beast and would beat the RS all day

The Astra was power assisted steering which meant it was just as light at steering at 30mph as it was at 130mph....bad set up if you asked me coz it scared the crap out of me!

Yeah, I prefer naturally aspirated too

Trevor England The RS having a LSD will make it faster on a damp track. Long straights and the GTE will be faster but wet twisty stuff the RS wins hands down...

Same here GTE all the way, my mate had 16v and my ex gf and i had a bertone convertible GTE, 2.0 8v so not as fast as my mates but still quick.

Leather means you had a Champion edition

@@simonturner10 vauxhall didnt call them champion, the official name was leather edition. but its definitely a nickname that has stuck fast !

In South Africa we had the Opel Kadett 2.0 GSI Superboss homologation special which made between 165-170HP, they were designed to challenge the BMW 325Is Evo 2 homologation cars, they were real monsters on track and came with a trick diff, Cosworth head, hand ported by Keith Duckworth, 276° Schrick Cams, Promotec remapped ECU's, and Irmscher suspension. True Unicorn cars out here and they sell for a pretty penny.

Yep we put them in nova SR's Moved the running gear and wheels as well.They were rocket ships and loads of fun.

First thing most people did when they bought one was strip the stock suspension out for some harder spring and slap strut braces on, changed the car entirely.

Tiff Needell is an ex F1 and British Touring car driver. He definitely knows how to drive! 😂

The gbox used to explode, especially when it was 195bhp like mine.

Escort's probably in dry storage with the owner awaiting them hitting £40k.

Neil S. I had a white one, insurance was at least 12 times more than it was worth and you could see through the floor pans

Yes.. I think the corrola gti would be faster than these 2.. I had one it beat the xr3 turbo easy but I never saw a gte so who knows..

Greg hall my money would be on the Peugeot

The 1.6 205 was the one that handled the best and not the 1.9

@@djdeejdjay8669 handling yes, but acceleration, top speed and braking, no way. :-)

205 grit were the most fun as your bum was about 12 inches from the floor,like a go cart ,you could wheel spin them through every year and fur the time they gripped well .Maybe they didn't grip that well ,but you were always in a comfortable drift that you felt in control.But they were alot slower than the GTE or Escort..

And the 16v was better too. 140mph.

I agree, GTE was miles better.....saw many an RST shamed back in the day......happy days them 😎

Not when you’re rst is 195bhp stage 2 😉

@@gdfggggg if you're talking modifications. But stock the Astra has it. (will also tune up better than the Ford)

Rs streets ahead.......look what they are worth , ive had 4 2x of each , all 200bhp ......astras are ok but not a patch

Not with 2 stage boost ya never and a reliable 200bhp